Caherconlish
village in Munster, Ireland
Caherconlish (Irish: Cathair Chinn Lis, meaning 'fort of the headland of the enclosure') is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. It is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
Location
The village of Caherconlish is located 16 km southeast of Limerick City in County Limerick. It is one half of the parish of Caherconlish/Caherline in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The village's close proximity to Limerick City and the N24 to Tipperary and Waterford has meant a growth in both the size and population of the village, as Caherconlish is now considered as a commuter base for Limerick city. Neighbouring villages include Boher, Ballyneety, Herbertstown, Hospital, Kilteely and Pallasgreen.
The R513 connects Caherconlish to Hospital, Ballylanders and Mitchelstown in north County Cork.
The River Groody flows in a northern direction through Caherconlish, where it shortly joins the River Shannon downstream from the University of Limerick at Plassey.
The main focal point is the Millennium Centre and the village church.
Sport
The main sports played in the village are hurling, gaelic football and soccer.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Caherconlish” as village in Munster, Ireland. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Munster, Ireland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15119233. Authority coordinates are 52.594, -8.470. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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